Device for use with safety-razor blades



May 8, 1923. I

' E. N. KENNEDY DEVICE FOR usz: WITH SAFETY RAZOR BLADES Filed Feb. 2 1921 Patented May 8, 1923.

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ERNEST NORBERT KENNEDY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

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Application filed February 2, 1921. Serial No. 441,826,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST NORBERT KENNEDY, a subject of the King of Great .Britain and Ireland, residing at 26 Billiter safety razor blades to be used for various.

other purposes besides shaving consisting of two parts connected together by a hinged joint so that they can be opened and closed fully like the blade and handle of an ordinary penknife one of'said parts forming the handle whilst the other receives and holds an ordinary safety razor blade. I

According to this my present invention the blade is retained in the holder by a looking member of U-section which is preferably pivoted to the holder and is adapted to engage the sides of'same and securely clamp the blade in the required position.

Preferably also the locking member is so positioned on the holder that in its closed or looking position it encloses that part of the holder which enables the device to be used as a safety corn .parer. For this purpose the top edge of the holder may be recessed, preferably by cutting slots in the strips of metal of which the holder is formed, one ofthese slots being deeper than the other so that a very effective guard is provided.

The improvements which form the subjectrnatter of my present invention will be better understood when described with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which similar reference characters ent invention applied to the class of device described in the specification of my British Patent No. 139279 the parts being in the open position.

Figure 5 is a similar view with the parts closed.

Figure 6 is a section on the line .B--B Figure 5. Referring to the drawings and particularly to Figures 1 to 3 a device in accordance with my present: improvements is shown therein comprising two parts a and b the part a being so constructed that it is adapted to slide over the part b, which forms a holder for any ordinary safety razor blade 0 so that it completely encloses the same in the closed position shown in Figure 2, whilst in the open position shown in Figure 1 it forms a continuation of the 'holder Z) and a convenient handle for the (Z is a locking member to secure the blade c in the holder 6 said member all being pivoted to the holder 1) at c and is of U-shape in cross section with the sides 7", g adapted to embrace the sides of the holder 6 and thus retain the .blade 0 therein.

'To enable the device t be used in manicuring the nails the top of the member at is preferably serrated as shown at h to forma file and is also provided with a pointed end i.

In order to allow for the use of my device as a safety corn parer I provide a recessed portion 7' in the top edge of the'holder b which recess is formed by cutting slots k and Z in the sides of the holder, the slot Z being deeper than the slot is forming a deeper edge which thus provides anefiective gu-ard, the exposed portion of the blade 0 being normally covered by the locking mem- To enable the holder 1) to be passed within the cover or handle a it is necessary to increase the space within the handle a for the reception of the locking member d and therefore in the formation of the handle a the upper halves of the sides thereof are bellied or pressed outwardly as shown in the cross section Figure 3 in order to accommodate the member (Z when the device is closed.

In order to secure the holder 6 in the handle a both in the open and closed positions the holder 6 is provided with two oppositely disposed inward projections 1% adapted to engage with corresponding recesses n in the handle a both in the open and closed positions.

The lower edge of the handle a is provided with a slot 0 adapted to expose a portion of the blade when the device is closed which may be used for cutting string whilst in the upper edge of the holder is also formed an angularly disposed slot p which registers with a correspondingly shaped slot Q in the handle when the device is closed and which may conveniently be employed for removing crown stoppers from bottles.

All of the improvements described above may in so far as they are applicable be applied to that type of devicein which the holder 7) is hinged to the handle a as described in the specification of my prior British Patent 139279 and Figures 4, 5, 6 of the drawing show such a device provided with the said improvements. These will be readily understoodzwithout further description the parts previously described with reference to Figures 1, 2, and 3 and indicated therein being correspondingly indicated in Figures 4, 5 and '8.

ll claim i 1. A device for use with safety razor blades comprising in combination, a blade holder formed from a single strip of metal bent to U shape in cross section and open along one longitudinal edge and slotted along the opposite longitudinal edge, a handle. movably connected to one end of said blade holder and adapted to embrace one of the longitudinal edges thereof, and a ill-shaped clamping member pivotally connected to the opposite end of the blade holder and adaptedto press the sides of the blade holder-together to grip by friction alone a double-edged safety-razor blade inserted between said sides, for the purposes set forth.

2. A device for use with safety razor blades comprising in combination, a blade holder formed from a single strip of material bent to U-shape along a longitudinal median line, a slot in the closed longitudinal edge of said blade holder, a U-shaped clamping member pivot-ally connected to one end of said blade holder and adapted to embrace the sides of the blade holder along their whole length to press same towards one another and grip by friction alone a (mums-edged safety-razor blade between said sides, and a handle formed of parallel strips movably connected to the opposite end of said blade holder and adapted to act as a guard for one of the exposed edges of said blade, for the purposes set forth.

31A device for use with safety razor blades comprising a blade holder, a clamping member pivoted to-one end of said holder for securing a double edged safety razor blade in said holder and ahandle and guard portion slidably connected to said blade holder and adapted to house completely both the blade holder. the blade and the clamping member, the blade holder being formed of two parallel-side members open along one edge and slotted along the opposite edge, whilst the clamping member is of U-shape and is adapted to embrace thesides of the blade. holder along their whole length to grip the blade by friction alone between said sides, substantially as described.

ERNEST NURBERT KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

G. D. SCRIVENER, W. EQVENN. 

